Barack Obama looked tired on Thursday, as he stood in the Blue House in Seoul, the official residence of the South Korean president. He also seemed irritable and even slightly forlorn. The CNN cameras had already been set up. But then Obama decided not to play along, and not to answer the question he had already been asked several times on his trip: what did he plan to take home with him? Instead, he simply said "thank you, guys," and disappeared. David Axelrod, senior advisor to the president, fielded the journalists' questions in the hallway of the Blue House instead, telling them that the public's expectations had been "too high." Uh, you think? I'm not going to say we (as in those of us who knew better) told you so. Actually, I changed my mind. WE TOLD YOU SO.
Posted by eltoroverde 2009-11-23 09:06||
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#1 David Axelrod, senior advisor to the president, fielded the journalists' questions in the hallway of the Blue House instead, telling them that the public's expectations had been "too high.
Do you think functioning as a President is too high an expectation?
Posted by JohnQC 2009-11-23 10:01||
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#2 How have they humiliated thee? Let us count the ways:
The House of Saud-- accepted thy bow 'n' scrape, then ignored thy request to help move the arabs on mideast peace
Gordon Brown-- made thee look like a fool
Vladimir GazPutin-- allowed thee to make thyself look foolish
Nicolas Sarkozy-- called thee "naive" before the UNSC
Ahmdinejad-- took thy "kick me" sign literally
Hu Jintao-- just for thee, restored the ancient custom of kowtow
Posted by lex 2009-11-23 10:21||
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#3 Nixon took a whole bunch of "stature enhancing" trips abroad as vice president and later as a private citizen and well-known presidential contender. He met a lot of people, learned a lot of geography all before he was elected president. Now Obama is trying to learn those types of things after he's already been elected and they're taking him for the know-nothing chump that he is.
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#4 World leaders do not respect a country or a leader than comes to them with his tail between his legs.
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#5 He's irritable because he's not getting the adulation he deserves.
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#6 Isn't that a petulent snit for the leader of the free world? Not very presidential. Agreed being a leader of the free world is not being very European.
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#7 Thanks to the mods for properly categorizing the post. I realized that I hadn't done so myself before clicking submit.
Posted by eltoroverde 2009-11-23 17:26||
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#8 Obama's ego has been writing checks his body can't cash since well before he first showed up in the Senate. If Der Spiegel has started to turn on him, the rest are sure to follow soon enough. The facade is beginning to fade away at an ever-increasing pace as reality takes hold, which it always does eventually and we (as in those of us who knew better) always knew it would.
The denouement has begun.
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#9 "Do you think functioning as a President is too high an expectation?"
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Barack Obama looked tired on Thursday, as he stood in the Blue House in Seoul, the official residence of the South Korean president. He also seemed irritable and even slightly forlorn. The CNN cameras had already been set up. But then Obama decided not to play along, and not to answer the question he had already been asked several times on his trip: what did he plan to take home with him? Instead, he simply said "thank you, guys," and disappeared. David Axelrod, senior advisor to the president, fielded the journalists' questions in the hallway of the Blue House instead, telling them that the public's expectations had been "too high."